Section 1.60. Consulting services.

 

(1)  

(a) Expenditures for consulting services made by a candidate's committee, political action committee, or political party committee on behalf of more than one candidate shall be attributable to each candidate in proportion to, and shall be reported to reflect, the benefit reasonably derived, except as provided in par. (c) . This rule shall not apply to independent expenditures made under ss. 11.0505 , 11.0605 , and 11.1001 , Stats.

(b) An authorized expenditure for consulting services made by a candidate, candidate's committee, political action committee, or political party committee on behalf of another candidate shall be reported as an in-kind contribution to the candidate on whose behalf the expenditure was made, except that expenditures made by political party committees on behalf of that party's presidential candidates shall not be reportable and shall not count against that party's state or local candidates' applicable contribution limits under ss. 11.1101 , 11.1103 , 11.1104 , and 11.1105 , Stats., and spending limits under s. 11.31 (2) , Stats., except as provided in par. (c) .

(c) Exceptions to pars. (a) and (b) . Expenditures for rent, personnel, overhead, general administrative, fund-raising, and other costs of political party committees, which costs are incurred in the ordinary course of its day-to-day operations, need not be attributed to individual candidates, unless these expenditures are made on behalf of a clearly identified candidate and the expenditure can be directly attributed to that candidate.

(2)  If a candidate, candidate's committee, political action committee, or political party committee, for itself or another, hires a consultant to work during a campaign period as that term is defined in ss. 11.1101 , 11.1103 , 11.1104 , and 11.1105 , Stats., the amount paid or incurred shall be presumed to be an expenditure on behalf of a candidate or candidates who receive assistance from the consultant. This presumption may be rebutted.

(3)  Any expenditures for consulting services shall be valued at the fair market value of the item or services at the time of the contribution.

History: Emerg. cr. eff. 6-1-86; cr. Register, November, 1986, No. 371 , eff. 12-1-86; correction in (2) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, August, 1999, No. 524 ; correction in (1) (a), (b), (2) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register June 2016 No. 726 .

Note

Section 11.31, Stats., was repealed by 2015 Wis. Act 117 . Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1